The USAF’s first Chief of Staff. Carl Spaatz, known by all as “Tooey,” was the top U.S. air commander of World War II. Indeed, both Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley rated him as the top combat commander in the European...
Carl A. Tooey Spaatz
America’s longest serving Air Force Chief. Hoyt S. Vandenberg was born in Milwaukee on Jan. 24, 1899. In high school he was a good athlete but a mediocre student; nonetheless, he received an appointment to West Point. Upon graduation he...
Creator, Innovator, and Advocate for an Independent Air Force.
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